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巻き込む

まきこむ

to roll up, to involve

Mnemonic

The scroll rolls up and whatever was lying beside it goes in with it. The same mac まき as 捲る and the same come こむ as 込める. Your friend was standing too close: まきこむ.

Worth knowing

関わる かかわる is being connected to a thing. 巻き込む is dragging somebody else into it with you.

Built from

roll, volume
Something rolled up from the bottom, drawn coiling round on itself. A scroll, and the volume it holds.
put into, crowd
辶 road + 入 enter

Words sharing these kanji

to thrust in, to dash into to put in, to concentrate on to dive into to swallow, to grasp

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